An American folk/country song about two young lovers on the run is a tale as old as time. But this one’s got a twist: it’s set in Afghanistan. “Lailly and Abdullah” is about Afghan youth in conflict ...

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Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by ...

KABUL, August 15 (UNHCR) - His songs evoke the harsh beauty of his native Afghanistan, a country he fled more than 12 years ago, but they were composed in a green and tidy suburb of Toronto, Canada, ...

Fawad Andarabi was reportedly dragged from his village home and shot dead. The killing follows an interview with a Taliban spokesperson who said, "music is forbidden in Islam." See more stories on ...